Release of Slicer 5.8 in progress

To follow-up on out last topic titled Temporary disabling of Stable extension builds in preparation for Slicer 5.8 Release & Visual Studio update, this evening, regular preview and stable builds of Slicer and associated extensions will remain disabled in favor of the new 5.8 stable release.

To track the progress, see Release Slicer v5.8 · Issue #8157 · Slicer/Slicer · GitHub

Thanks for your patience :pray:

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Updates:

  • Slicer 5.8 packages are being generated (see here) :hourglass_flowing_sand:
  • Regular Preview and Stable builds have NOT been resumed

Updates :sparkles:

  • Slicer 5.8.0 packages are now available for download. See https://download.slicer.org

    If you identify any issues related to packaging and/or signing of the packages, let us know :pray:

  • Regular builds are resumed and expected to be published tomorrow

Next :rocket:

  • Finalize and publish release announcements
  • Update external websites.
  • Update ExtensionStats module.
  • Review remaining extensions build failures and submit issue reports and or pull requests. See CDash report.
  • Update Signing-Application-Packages to account for notarization workflow updates
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